The impact of surgeon and pathologist on lymph node retrieval in colorectal cancer and its impact on survival for patients with Dukes’ stage B disease

The impact of total retrieved lymph node

The impact of total retrieved lymph nodes on staging and survival of patients with pT3 gastric cancer

✍ Jia Yun Shen; Sungsoo Kim; Jae-Ho Cheong; Yong Il Kim; Woo Jin Hyung; Won Hyuk C 📂 Article 📅 2007 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 204 KB 👁 2 views

## Abstract ## BACKGROUND. The incidence of lymph node metastasis is high in patients who have pT3 gastric cancer. However, the impact of total retrieved lymph nodes (tLNs) on staging and survival of these patients is not clear. ## METHODS. For this study, the authors examined 1895 patients with